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Rules of Thumb: Providing Timely Financial Management Advice at Scale in India

Shawn Cole
Antoinette Schoar
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Online Job Portals and Firm Hiring in India

A. Nilesh Fernando
Niharika Singh
Gabriel Tourek
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Small Business Training and Loans for Aspiring Entrepreneurs in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in France (ADIE)

Bruno Crépon
Esther Duflo
Elise Huillery
William Pariente
Juliette Seban
Researchers evaluated whether coaching, guidance, and financial support could help young people create and sustain independent businesses. The entrepreneurship training program did not increase entrepreneurship, and participating youth were more likely to be unemployed and earn lower revenues from...
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Handwashing and Behavior Change in Bangladesh

Reshmaan Hussam
Dayea Oh
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of an edutainment intervention at schools and the provision of handwashing resources at home on handwashing at school and at home. These findings suggest that encouraging behavior change in one setting may crowd out like behavior in...
farmer holding a basket on his head and a cell phone in his hand

Reducing Job Search Costs with an SMS-based Messaging App in Rural Tanzania

Dahyeon Jeong
The researcher conducted a randomized evaluation in rural Tanzania to determine the impact of an SMS-based messaging app that connects agricultural workers and employers on wages. Results found that the SMS-based messaging app reduced wage spread within villages–meaning employers paid a wage closer...
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Providing Post-Training Assistance to Young Jobseekers to Improve Employment Outcomes in India

Gaurav Chiplunkar
Jeremy Magruder
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing additional information and resources to those who have completed skills training programs on employment outcomes.
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Improving Access to Information to Facilitate Moves to Opportunity

Researchers added school-quality information onto housing listings on the AffordableHousing.com (formerly GoSection8) website, the largest provider of housing listings for HCV recipients, to evaluate the impact on families search for housing and their residential locations. The researchers found...

Providing Female Garment Workers with Soft Skills Training for Professional Advancement in Bangladesh

Hannah Uckat
Christopher Woodruff
By comparing the impacts of soft skills training, a combination of soft and hard skills training, and no training, researchers seek to determine whether soft skills training alone is an effective and efficient way to increase the numbers of promotions offered to women and prepare women to be strong...